MRI from Picture to Proton
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 3, 4/13/2017
EAN 9781107643239, ISBN10: 1107643236
Paperback, 400 pages, 24.6 x 19 x 2 cm
Language: English
MR is a powerful modality. At its most advanced, it can be used not just to image anatomy and pathology, but to investigate organ function, to probe in vivo chemistry, and even to visualise the brain thinking. However, clinicians, technologists and scientists struggle with the study of the subject. The result is sometimes an obscurity of understanding, or a dilution of scientific truth, resulting in misconceptions. This is why MRI from Picture to Proton has achieved its reputation for practical clarity. MR is introduced as a tool, with coverage starting from the images, equipment and scanning protocols and traced back towards the underlying physics theory. With new content on quantitative MRI, MR safety, multi-band excitation, Dixon imaging, MR elastography and advanced pulse sequences, and with additional supportive materials available on the book's website, this new edition is completely revised and updated to reflect the best use of modern MR technology.
Glossary
1. MR
what's the attraction?
Part A. The Basic Stuff
2. Early daze
your first week in MR
3. Seeing is believing
introduction to image contrast
4. Lost in the pulse sequence jungle?
5. The devil's in the detail
pixels, matrices and slices
6. What you set is what you get
basic image optimisation
7. Improving your image
how to avoid artefacts
8. Spaced out
spatial encoding
9. Getting in tune
resonance and relaxation
10. Let's talk technical
MR equipment
11. Ghosts in the machine
quality control
Part B. The Specialist Stuff
12. Acronyms anonymous I
spin echo
13. Acronyms anonymous II
gradient echo
14. The parallel universe
parallel imaging and novel acquisition techniques
15. Go with the flow
MR angiography
16. A heart-to-heart discussion
cardiac MRI
17. It's not just squiggles
in vivo spectroscopy
18. To BOLDly go
fMRI, perfusion and diffusion
19. Making it count
quantitative MRI
20. But is it safe? Bio-effects
21. Where are we going now?
Appendix
maths revision
Index.